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God Breathed by Kanye West (feat. Vory)
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - September 09, 2021 18:26 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsSo you think God Breathed is a long, pointless, and boring song? Well, do we have a treat for you! In this extra-long episode, we shed light on what is actually a deeply layered and sonically complex song that's incredibly important in setting up the Donda narrative. Kanye West would be proud of ...
Jail by Kanye West
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - September 07, 2021 14:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsGuess who's explaining Jail tonight? We are! Moving on from Donda Chant into the first official song on Donda, we find Kanye and JAY-Z trapped in a symbolic jail they must work their way out of. In this episode, we discuss what that jail means for both Kanye and Jay, who have both suffered from r...
Jail by Kanye West (feat. JAY-Z & Dem Jointz)
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - September 07, 2021 14:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsGuess who's explaining Jail tonight? We are! Moving on from Donda Chant into the first official song on Donda, we find Kanye and JAY-Z trapped in a symbolic jail they must work their way out of. In this episode, we discuss what that jail means for both Kanye and Jay, who have both suffered from r...
Jail by Kanye West (feat. JAY-Z, Dem Jointz)
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - September 07, 2021 14:41 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsGuess who's explaining Jail tonight? We are! Moving on from Donda Chant into the first official song on Donda, we find Kanye and JAY-Z trapped in a symbolic jail they must work their way out of. In this episode, we discuss what that jail means for both Kanye and Jay, who have both suffered from r...
Donda Chant by Kanye West
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - September 03, 2021 14:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsWelcoming to Watching the Throne. Throoone. Throoooone. Throne. Where we analyze Kanye West. And this season, we're dissecting his newest album, Donda. And what better place to start than with Donda Chant! If you can believe it, we spend over an hour talking about this very meaningful and very im...
Donda Chant by Kanye West (feat. Syleena Johnson)
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - September 03, 2021 14:09 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsWelcoming to Watching the Throne. Throoone. Throoooone. Throne. Where we analyze Kanye West. And this season, we're dissecting his newest album, Donda. And what better place to start than with Donda Chant! If you can believe it, we spend over an hour talking about this very meaningful and very im...
Season 7: Donda by Kanye West
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - September 01, 2021 22:18 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsPop the champagne, because we just got a new Kanye album...which also means it's time for another season of Watching the Throne! Season 7 will be entirely dedicated to what we already consider to be Kanye's magnum opus: Donda. Throughout the season, we are going to run through every single line o...
FIRST REACTIONS TO DONDA | KANYE WEST
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - August 30, 2021 23:19 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsIt's finally here! Kanye's latest album, Donda, dropped in the early hours of Sunday morning. And for the past day-and-a-half, Chris and Travis have been listening and trying to process their feelings about what could be Kanye's magnum opus. On this episode, they talk through their first impressi...
FIRST REACTIONS TO KANYE'S DONDA CHICAGO LISTENING PARTY
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - August 27, 2021 08:30 - 41 minutes ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsWe just got back from the Kanye's DONDA listening party in Chicago and...we've got some mixed emotions. And we're ready to talk about it. Join us! #Kanye #KanyeWest #DONDA If you'd like to support the show (and hear this episode ad-free), then join our Patreon community. You can also watch this p...
GETTING HYPED FOR KANYE'S DONDA SHOW IN CHICAGO
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - August 23, 2021 21:24 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsThird time's the charm! We're going to get yet another listening party for DONDA in Chicago—and yes, Chris and Travis will be there!!! In this episode, we review everything that's been going on with Kanye over the past few weeks and what we can expect from the Chicago listening party this Thursda...
Dark Fantasy by Kanye West
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - August 19, 2021 10:00 - 2 hours ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsOn his most critically appraised album, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy, we see Kanye West escape into a fantasy world. But before he enters that hellish realm, the character first needs to be introduced—which is where Dark Fantasy comes in. In this episode, we pick apart Kanye's epic opening t...
My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy by Kanye West
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - August 16, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsAh, the magnum opus. My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy is, by and large, considered to be Kanye West's greatest work of art. And, yeah...its greatness is pretty hard to deny. But is there more to this album than meets the eye? On this season of Watching the Throne, we set out to find even more me...
DONDA: What we know right now about Kanye's new album
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - August 10, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsJuly 23...came and went. And then August 6...came and went. And now...now......well. We wait. We have no idea when we're going to hear Kanye West's tenth album, DONDA. But there has been lots of speculation and clues since last week's listening party in Atlanta. In this episode, we run through ev...
FIRST REACTIONS TO KANYE WEST'S SECOND LIVESTREAM OF DONDA
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - August 06, 2021 06:43 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsWE TOLD YOU IT WOULD BE WORTH THE WAIT. It appears as though Kanye's latest album DONDA is jussssst about finished and we will hopefully be getting the album today! But until then, we recount our experience of watching Kanye's second livestream of the album—WHICH SOUNDED FREAKIN AMAZING. We talk ...
808s & Heartbreak: Reflections and Song Rankings
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - August 05, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsAnother day, another dollar...another album! Our line-by-line analysis of 808s & Heartbreak really broke the album wide open and revealed lots of nuance we had yet to discover. And now it's time to reflect on that experience. In this episode, we talk about our favorite discoveries and rank every ...
Pinocchio Story by Kanye West
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - August 04, 2021 15:04 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsPinocchio Story may just seem like a live freestyle that doesn't fit into the narrative of 808s & Heartbreak. But it's actually a perfect ending for the album's themes and commentary—and an indicator of what Kanye West would do with his music moving forward. In this episode, we unpack what may in...
Coldest Winter by Kanye West
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - August 03, 2021 14:03 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsNot a single song on 808s & Heartbreak appears to be about Kanye's mother. So...why does Coldest Winter feel so heavily focused on her? The key to answering this question is to unlock the album narrative of 808s & Heartbreak. In this episode, we cycle back through the album and go line by line th...
DONDA DELAY DISCUSSION: Reviewing what we know about Kanye's new album
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - July 29, 2021 10:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsIt's been a week since the DONDA listening party in Atlanta...and we still don't have an album. But we might have one soon? Wait...what's the status of this thing again? In this episode, we review everything we know about DONDA and when we can expect Kanye's new album. If you'd like to support th...
DONDA: will Kanye drop on August 6th?
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - July 29, 2021 10:00 - 53 minutes ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsIt's been a week since the DONDA listening party in Atlanta...and we still don't have an album. But we might have one soon? Wait...what's the status of this thing again? In this episode, we review everything we know about DONDA and when we can expect Kanye's new album. If you'd like to support th...
See You In My Nightmares by Kanye West
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - July 28, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsBrrrr. It's getting cold in here! And dark. And...scary. And that's probably because we're ready to discuss one of the songs that many Kanye fans seem to hate: See You In My Nightmares. Well, Chris and Travis hope that will change after today. In this lyrical breakdown, we show how the nightmaris...
Bad News by Kanye West
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - July 26, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsBad News. That's a song where a woman cheats on Kanye. Right? Or...wait. No. That can't be right. BECAUSE KANYE HIMSELF said the song was from a female's perspective. So how do we read and understand this song??? Luckily, Chris and Travis are here to help. We break down the track line by line and...
DONDA IN ATLANTA LIVE SHOW REACTION | KANYE WEST
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - July 23, 2021 07:08 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsWe were in Atlanta for the DONDA listening party!!! And it was...interesting? Transcendent? Confusing? Profound? Basically, it was a whirlwind of an evening. We got to meet lots of great Kanye fans and heard some awesome Kanye music—and we're ready to talk about it. Learn more about your ad choic...
DONDA: PRE-RELEASE HYPE!!!
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - July 21, 2021 22:25 - 56 minutes ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsWell, it's been a whirlwind of a week. But DONDA is FINALLY coming on Friday, and there's a listening party on Thursday—and you can bet your bottom dollar that Chris and Travis will be there. We get hyped for the new album in this episode as we review what has been possibly the most exciting week...
“Tell the Vision” | First reactions to Kanye's verse on Pop Smoke’s new song
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - July 16, 2021 23:03 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsWe spend a lot of time on this show talking about Kanye songs that are years old. But every once in a blue moon, we get that precious, fresh Kanye verse...even if it is only 22 words long? Which, yes, is disappointing. But the song is awesome, and there's still plenty of material for two rabid Ka...
Street Lights by Kanye West
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - July 16, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsSeveral of Kanye's songs are catchy. Others are aggressive. Many are anthems. But some Kanye songs are just...special. And Street Lights definitely fits into that final category. Kanye's melancholic poem about loneliness is full of philosophical ponderings and haunting imagery, and it's backed by...
RoboCop by Kanye West
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - July 14, 2021 15:33 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 629 ratings"Dead or alive, you're coming with me." That's the way RoboCop treats criminals. It's also how Kanye thinks he's being treated by his woman on the song RoboCop...but is that true? Or is it the other way around? Of course nuance and complexity abounds on 808s & Heartbreak, and Chris and Travis are...
Paranoid by Kanye West
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - July 12, 2021 17:49 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsNew Order, Depeche Mode, Talking Heads...Kanye West? There are lots of great new wave artists out there, and Kanye became the most unlikely of additions back in 2008 with Paranoid. But, as it turns out, one of his most upbeat tracks is filled with tragic irony. In this episode, Chris and Travis b...
Lock Lockdown by Kanye West
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - July 09, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsKanye has several classics on 808s & Heartbreak. But this song—the first single on the album—seemed to be the one he really wanted you to hear. Love Lockdown is a beloved Kanye track that's stuffed to the brim with incredible lyrics and layered production. And Chris and Travis can't wait to talk ...
Amazing by Kanye West
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - July 08, 2021 10:00 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsKanye says that he's "amazing" like 50 times on the song Amazing. But...does anyone ever once believe him? Chris and Travis sure don't. There's duality to Kanye's bravado on the fourth track of 808s & Heartbreak, and we're going to break it down as we dissect the song line by line. If you'd like ...
Heartless by Kanye West
Watching the Throne: A Lyrical Analysis of Kanye West - July 07, 2021 11:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 629 ratingsHave you heard the coldest story ever told? You probably have. Because Heartless is one of Kanye's biggest hits. But...do you know the actual meaning behind the song? And how the lyrics and production signal the birth of Yeezus?? Yup, we're going there. Chris and Travis have some theories about H...
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